DWP is a ‘department in denial’
A Westminster committee is the latest body to criticise the UK Government’s flagship welfare reform, Universal Credit. In a report published today, the Public Accounts Committee says the rollout of Universal Credit by by the Department for Work and Pensions is leading to increased debt, rent arrears and food bank use. Continue reading Universal Credit: DWP is a ‘department in denial’
Edinburgh is one of 115 cities around the world taking action on climate change today as part of EIT Climate-KIC’s annual Climathon – the award-winning 24-hour hackathon that unites students, entrepreneurs, big thinkers, technical experts and app developers in tackling the defining climate challenges of their cities. Continue reading Edinburgh citizens to tackle local climate change challenges during 24-hour worldwide hackathon
Organisations across Edinburgh will be coming together next week to remember loved ones who have died, as part of To Absent Friends, a Scotland-wide festival of storytelling and remembrance. Continue reading Edinburgh to remember Absent Friends
Starts Saturday 3rd November at Granton Parish Church, 10 – 11am
CLUBS RESUME on THURSDAY 31 OCTOBER
A tenth successive capacity crowd will roar on Scotland at the country’s biggest stadium, BT Murrayfield, next month in a run of sell-outs that stretches back to the opening 2017 Six Nations game against Ireland. Continue reading Scotland rugby fans make it ten in a row
A striking 32-metres-long red thread containing the words of War Poet Wilfred Owen has been unveiled at Edinburgh Napier University’s Craiglockhart Campus to mark the start of the 2018 Poppy Appeal. Continue reading Installation says ‘Thank You’ to the Great War Poets
With the clocks going back this weekend (October 28) the dark days of winter can be particularly long and isolating for the older generation. Continue reading Appeal for Edinburgh volunteers to help end loneliness
New fund for pilot projects
“Plan ahead, be responsible and enjoy the matches.”
That’s the message from Police Scotland as Hearts prepare to play Celtic at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium and Aberdeen and Rangers meet at Hampden Park in Glasgow in the SPFL League Cup semi-finals on Sunday. Continue reading Safety and travel advice ahead of SPFL League Cup Semi Finals
